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24/7 Real Sports TalkSat, 10 Dec 2016 03:01:47 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2Oregon gets by Washington State, despite injurieshttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/10/oregon-gets-by-washington-state-despite-injuries/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/10/oregon-gets-by-washington-state-despite-injuries/#commentsSun, 10 Oct 2010 19:23:33 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=21804Coming into their sixth game of the season the ducks had not one player on the injury report and had a very healthy team. Well that changed in the first half in Pullman, first down was Kenjon Barner who took a huge hit returning a kick off and was on the ground for quite some [...]]]>

Coming into their sixth game of the season the ducks had not one player on the injury report and had a very healthy team. Well that changed in the first half in Pullman, first down was Kenjon Barner who took a huge hit returning a kick off and was on the ground for quite some time. His parents made their way down onto the field to see if he was okay. After sometime Barner came to his feet on his own power and was helped into the Ambulance and was taken to the hospital where he stayed over night. Next was Darron Thomas who went out in the second quarter with a right shoulder injury. Thomas went back to the locker room to get it checked out, later on he came back onto the field but never returned. He said that he could have came back, but he decided to rest it instead.Replacing Thomas was Senior Nate Costa who was fighting for the starting spot to start the season. Costa looked great against the Cougars throwing 13 for 15 for 151 yards and a TD, Costa also ran the ball 8 times for 84 yards and a TD.

LaMichael James continued his Heisman Trophy run on Saturday having another solid game, carrying the ball 25 times for 136 yards and 2 Td’s, also catching 2 passes for 87 yards, one of which was an 84 yard TD pass from Thomas. On the Receiving end Jeff Maehl had another good game catching 10 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown.

For Washington State Jeff Tuel a sophomore Quarterback looked very good against a top ranked defense of the Ducks, throwing for 245 yards and a Touchdown. For a young QB i think Tuel should have some success down the road. Towards the end of the game the ducks defense just ended up being too much for him.

The Ducks have moved up to the #2 spot in the country after Alabama fell to South Carolina yesterday. Oregon has a bye week next week and looks to rest their 2 injured players and they both should be back before their Thursday Night game at Autzen Stadium against UCLA on National TV. UCLA is coming off a big loss to Cal.

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/10/oregon-gets-by-washington-state-despite-injuries/feed/2Oregon looks to continue BCS Run!http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/07/oregon-looks-to-continue-bcs-run/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/07/oregon-looks-to-continue-bcs-run/#commentsFri, 08 Oct 2010 03:45:59 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=21416Oregon is coming off another impressive win at home against fellow Pac 10 opponent Stanford 52-31. They don’t show any signs of letting up either, the Ducks still lead the nation in scoring and total yards per game. This weekend the Ducks travel to Martin Stadium in Pullman, WA to take on a very weak [...]]]>

Oregon is coming off another impressive win at home against fellow Pac 10 opponent Stanford 52-31. They don’t show any signs of letting up either, the Ducks still lead the nation in scoring and total yards per game. This weekend the Ducks travel to Martin Stadium in Pullman, WA to take on a very weak Cougars team on their homecoming. The Ducks are steadily moving their ways up the polls and getting National attention from a lot of people. Some are already thinking they should end the season playing in the BCS Nation Championship against the likes of Alabama or Ohio State. Personally I think those people are absolutely correct, the Ducks have cruised threw their first 5 games winning by an average of 41 points!!

LaMichael James in finally getting the respect and notoriety he deserves moving up in the experts Heisman Trophy talk after his outstanding performance against the Cardinals. James had 31 carries for 257 yards and 3 TD’s. James is now being referred to as “LaHeisman” after this past weekend. Although he missed the first game of the season due to a suspension, LaMichael is still rolling over every defense he faces averaging 178 yards per game. I dont think James will let up this weekend either against one of the worst defenses in the Nation.

There is only minor thing the Ducks defense will have to worry about, its Jeff Tuel. The Cougars young sophomore QB has had a very good season year to date throwing for over 1200 yards with 8 TD’s. But with the Ducks very quick and experienced defense i don’t think stopping Tuhl will be a problem. On the other side at QB another young QB in Darron Thomas has also had a very good year so far leading the nations top offense. Thomas especially looked very good against a tough Stanford team, he seemed to stay very calm in the pocket and made the throws he needed to make. Thomas definitely doesn’t give off a young feel, its one of a season veteran.

Although the ducks are most likely looking forward to their bye week, they cant overlook even the worst team in the Pac 10 this year with it being one of the toughest conference in the nation. Anyone can beat anyone on any given day. But i think the Ducks will tame the cougars once again and win big.

My Prediction is Oregon wins 56-7

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/07/oregon-looks-to-continue-bcs-run/feed/2Ducks Fly Past #9 Stanfordhttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/03/ducks-fly-past-9-stanford/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/03/ducks-fly-past-9-stanford/#commentsSun, 03 Oct 2010 07:18:04 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=20450Early on in this heavyweight battle things didn’t look very good for the Oregon Ducks, Stanford went up 21-3 early. Led by the cool, calm, and collective young Quarterback Andrew Luck, the Cardinals drove down the field almost untouched and scored at will. The noise at Autzen didn’t seem to bother the young Luck. He [...]]]>

Early on in this heavyweight battle things didn’t look very good for the Oregon Ducks, Stanford went up 21-3 early. Led by the cool, calm, and collective young Quarterback Andrew Luck, the Cardinals drove down the field almost untouched and scored at will. The noise at Autzen didn’t seem to bother the young Luck. He completed his first 6 passes, one for a TD and also ran in for a TD all in the first quarter. To get ready for the Autzen crazies Luck practiced with Metallica in his ears at volume level 10, this seemed to work early on.

The Ducks finally got their high powered offense going in the second quarter on a 9 play 85 yard drive which was topped off with a 29 yard TD pass to Jeff Maehl from Darron Thomas. After this drive the Ducks were still down 21-10 and couldn’t seem to put a stop to Andrew Luck and Stanford’s offense, so the mastermind Chip Kelly pulled a fast one, calling for an onside kick which was recovered by the Ducks. Capitalizing on this huge break was key, that’s exactly what Oregon did. Running 7 plays in 1:59 scoring on a 5 yard rushing Touchdown by LaMichael James moving one step closer to the still deadly Cardinals. The Ducks added another Touchdown before the half but Stanford added 1 and a Field Goal going into halftime with a 31-24 lead.

Oregon came back out in the second half and absolutely dominated the rest of the game like they have been doing this whole season. They have shown everyone they are definitely a second half team. Outscoring Stanford 28-0 in the second half! LaMichael James had 31 carries for an outstanding 257 yards and 3 TD’s. James catapulted himself right into the Heisman Trophy mix with his performance Saturday night. His performance was the 2nd Highest rushing yards in one game in Oregon Ducks Football History, the only guy above him is Onterrio Smith who rushed for 285 yards back in 2001 against Washington State.

Once again young Sophomore QB Darron Thomas put up impressive numbers throwing 20 for 28 238 yards 3 TD’s but threw 2 Int’s. Thomas also ran the ball 15 times for 117 yards and a TD. He finally displayed his running and scrambling abilities that everyone has been wanting to see. There was definitely some questions being asked if Thomas could handle the pressure of being down in a big game by 18, he answered those questions, and then some.

In their first losing effort of the season Andrew Luck still had a great game throwing for 341 yards, 2 TD’s and 2 picks. Luck in my opinion still showed why he is the best QB in the Nation and still should be considered in the Heisman Trophy talk.

Everyone is wondering where this will put the Ducks in the polls. I think they should really be looked at moving past Boise State at #3. I think its only a matter of time before the Ducks move up closer and closer to the top spot. Next week they look at going on the road against a very weak opponent in Washington State. Stanford flies back home to take on a USC team who is going to be looking at bouncing back from a close loss against Washington.

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/10/03/ducks-fly-past-9-stanford/feed/0Game of the Week! #4 Oregon vs #9 Stanford!http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/30/game-of-the-week-4-oregon-vs-9-stanford/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/30/game-of-the-week-4-oregon-vs-9-stanford/#commentsThu, 30 Sep 2010 04:07:06 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=19864This game is going to be the most exciting match-up in College Football. 2 top 10 teams, both with young impressive Quarterbacks, and young impressive Running Backs. Some of the best young talent will be on display at Autzen Stadium Saturday night. Andrew Luck looks to make his first appearance at Autzen, a place that [...]]]>

This game is going to be the most exciting match-up in College Football. 2 top 10 teams, both with young impressive Quarterbacks, and young impressive Running Backs. Some of the best young talent will be on display at Autzen Stadium Saturday night. Andrew Luck looks to make his first appearance at Autzen, a place that has taken many of the best Quarterbacks down. The Place will be rocking and everyone will be in Black, its the Oregon Blackout Night. Luck has had a very good season so far throwing for 912 yards and 11 Td’s and only 2 Int’s. Luck is one of the nations best QB’s and he’s only a sophomore. He helped lead his Cardinals to a victory last year in Palo Alto against the Ducks giving them their only Pac 10 loss of the season in a shootout 51-42.

The Ducks look to put last years loss to Stanford way behind them and come out strong at home and continue their dominance. Last weeks game at Arizona State was a little closer then the Ducks were wanting, or expecting. But a win is a win and that’s all they wanted to get out of Arizona with. Oregon’s defense is definitely going to have to play better then they did against the Sun Devils, where they gave up 597 Yards! They wont be able to give up that kind of yardage to Stanford. They are a very good football team, you don’t get ranked #9 in the country not being a good team. I think one of the biggest keys though is to try and contain Andrew Luck, the Heisman Candidate has been very solid so far in his first 4 games. But like i mentioned before, he has never played in Autzen. There is nothing like the crowd there and it will get very loud and i am very anxious to see how he handles it.

Another major key will still be the Oregon offense although they haven’t been stopped yet, Stanford comes in with one of the better defenses in the nation, only giving up 13.8 Points per game. Darron Thomas and LaMichael James will lead the Oregon attack once again. The Ducks need to come out swinging early and get on the score board first. That’s one thing the Ducks do very well, is score… and score very quick. They have scored an amazing 231 Points so far this season, in only 240 minutes of play.

So like I’ve mentioned a few of the keys to the Ducks Success in their toughest test so far is going to be trying to contain Andrew Luck. Also getting on the score board early. So like I’ve done every blog so far, i will do my best to make a prediction to the game. This one is a real tough one to guess the outcome. I think the Ducks offense is just too much for Stanford to contain and i believe the Ducks win 45-35 in a shootout and move to 5-0 and 1 step closer to another Rose Bowl.

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/30/game-of-the-week-4-oregon-vs-9-stanford/feed/0Ducks get Past Tough Sun Devilshttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/26/ducks-get-past-tough-sun-devils/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/26/ducks-get-past-tough-sun-devils/#commentsSun, 26 Sep 2010 17:23:57 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=19163The #5 Oregon Ducks went into Tempe on Saturday and capitalized on 7 Sun Devil Turnovers and grabbed a 42-31 victory. It was Oregon’s first Pac-10 victory and they are now 4-0 on the season. Oregon’s offense wasn’t exactly what it has been for the first 3 games of the season but they got the [...]]]>

The #5 Oregon Ducks went into Tempe on Saturday and capitalized on 7 Sun Devil Turnovers and grabbed a 42-31 victory. It was Oregon’s first Pac-10 victory and they are now 4-0 on the season. Oregon’s offense wasn’t exactly what it has been for the first 3 games of the season but they got the job done. Oregon’s Defense is what kept them ahead in the game, although giving up 597 yards to the Sun Devils, 7 Turnovers is what helped Oregon win. This is the first time so far this season that the Ducks actually gave up more yards then they gained on offense.

This was Oregon’s second big road test, the first was in Tennessee. Game time Temperature was 100 degrees which was a definite factor throughout the game, with players cramping up it seemed like every other play, most of them being Sun Devil players. Once again Chip Kelly had the Oregon players ready to play in such weather, cranking up the heat in the Moshofsky Center for a couple practices getting them ready for what they would be faced with at Sun Devil Stadium on Saturday Night.

Despite Oregon’s offense not putting up numbers we are used to seeing they still had solid numbers for the game. LaMichael James had 28 carries for 114 yards and a TD, the TD coming on a 40 yard breakaway run. Darron Thomas’s line consisted of throwing 19 for 33 for 260 yards, throwing for 2 TD and 1 INT. Thomas also ran 4 times for 18 yards and a TD. The Ducks did score over 40 points for the 4th straight game but only gained 405 yards doing so, which for most teams is a lot of yards but not the ducks.

For the Sun Devils Steven Threet threw for a whopping 387 yards and 3 TD’s but threw 4 picks. There were a lot of times the defense couldn’t stop Threet from moving the ball down the field to Gerell Robinson and Mike Willie who scored on two of the touchdowns thrown by Threet. The Devils running game was pretty solid for most of the game too, led by Deantre Lewis who had only 11 carries for 127 yards and a TD which was a big 53 yard TD.

Arizona State definitely gave Oregon all they could handle on the road, but Oregon came through with a tough victory setting up a big match up next weekend at Autzen against the #16 Stanford Cardinals who took care of Notre Dame this weekend in North Bend. This will be the biggest test so far in this young Pac 10 Season for the Ducks. Facing a young and tough QB in Andrew Luck. Gameday has already announced they will be in Eugene Saturday for this one! So you know Autzen will be rocking once again!

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/26/ducks-get-past-tough-sun-devils/feed/0Ducks look to bring their own heat to Tempehttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/23/ducks-look-to-bring-their-own-heat-to-tempe/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/23/ducks-look-to-bring-their-own-heat-to-tempe/#commentsThu, 23 Sep 2010 04:37:06 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=18591The Ducks are finally ready for the Pac-10 Season to begin. Oregon is coming off another big win after punishing Portland State 69-0 last Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Although the Vikings weren’t exactly a worthy opponent, they were only on the schedule due to a change by Central Michigan. The Ducks are coming into Saturdays [...]]]>

The Ducks are finally ready for the Pac-10 Season to begin. Oregon is coming off another big win after punishing Portland State 69-0 last Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Although the Vikings weren’t exactly a worthy opponent, they were only on the schedule due to a change by Central Michigan. The Ducks are coming into Saturdays game in Tempe averaging an outstanding 63 Points a game and over 611 yards a game. They rank 1st in the nation in both of those categories.

Oregon finally looks to start their defense of their Pac-10 Championship, first in line are the Sun Devils. Arizona State is coming off a heart breaking loss against #11 Wisconsin where they had a last minute field goal block to lose 20-19. In last years meeting against the two teams Oregon won 44-21 in Eugene. The last time in Tempe, Oregon also won big 54-2o.

Arizona State is definitely looking to bounce back from the last couple of defeats at the hands of the Ducks. The Sun Devils are lead by QB Steven Threet who is a transfer from the University of Michigan. Threet has been throwing the ball great so far to start the season with 841 yards and 5 Touchdowns. ASU also has another offense threat in sophomore RB Cameron Marshall who has rushed for only 167 yards in 3 games but has 5 Touchdowns.

Darron Thomas is going to be a big key for the Ducks in their 2nd road game. He has looked flawless so far this young season. But he has also not played all that much either. In 2 of the 3 games he has only played until halftime, then Nate Costa took over in both games. Thomas is young but hasn’t showed signs of that yet throwing for 562 yards and 8 Touchdowns already. The Ducks are also lead by Sophomore Running Back LaMichael James who tried to make up for missing the first game of the season last week against Portland State, where he rushed for 227 yards and 2 Td’s all in the first half. James is averaging 12 yards a carry already this season! That’s over a first down per carry.

Oregon with their high powered offense still has to worry about 3 guys from Arizona State, Numbers 6,7,8. Normally for 3 linebackers you would see numbers like 55, 56, or 57, the Sun Devils are different. Led by #6 Sherry Lions, #7 Vontaze Burfict and #8 Brandon Magee their defense is going to be focused and read to try and stop this high powered offensive machine. For Thomas, looking into the defense and seeing 3 single digit numbers might be a distraction, but as a duck fan lets hope not.

Since i always like to throw predictions out their in my blog here is mine for this game. Oregon wins, and very convincingly I believe 56-17.

I would love to see some other scoring predictions or thoughts about this game!

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/23/ducks-look-to-bring-their-own-heat-to-tempe/feed/1Ducks blank another opponenthttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/19/ducks-blank-another-opponent/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/19/ducks-blank-another-opponent/#commentsSun, 19 Sep 2010 06:19:13 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=17894Oregon’s high powered offense had another big day at Autzen Stadium putting up 69 Points against the Vikings of Portland State. The Ducks knew going into this game that it wasn’t going to be much of a challenge but they did know they still had to stay focused, and that’s exactly what they did. Lamichael [...]]]>

Oregon’s high powered offense had another big day at Autzen Stadium putting up 69 Points against the Vikings of Portland State. The Ducks knew going into this game that it wasn’t going to be much of a challenge but they did know they still had to stay focused, and that’s exactly what they did.

Lamichael James had a career day rushing for 227 yards on only 14 carries and 2 Touchdowns. James’s first TD came on Oregon’s first possession which was untouched for 66 yards. The Ducks totaled for an amazing 528 total rushing yards for the game. The Vikings never were able to put together a scoring drive. Oregon’s defense was again in prime form, only giving up a total of 140 yards. Portland State actually did lead in time possession having the ball for 33:50 to Oregon’s 26:10. The closest the Vikings came to scoring was a missed 52 Yard Field Goal from Zach Brown.

Darron Thomas played another great game as the starting QB, he didn’t have to throw the ball to many time but went 9 for 18 for 140 yards, 4 Touchdowns and threw 1 pick. Thomas is really coming along and is going to be key to the Ducks success in the Pac 10 this year. Although he is only a sophomore he looks like a veteran when he is out on the field.

Another Duck who had a big game was WR Jeff Maehl who had who caught only 3 passes for 82 yards but 2 of the 3 catches were good for Touchdowns including a 47 yarder on Oregon’s second drive of the game.

The Ducks are now looking forward to defending their Pac 10 crown which their first league games comes next Saturday against Arizona State at Sun Devil Stadium. The Sun Devils are coming off a heartbreaking loss against a very tough #11 Wisconsin Badgers team, ASU lost 20-19.

]]>http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/19/ducks-blank-another-opponent/feed/0Week 3 Preview Oregon vs Portland Statehttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/15/week-3-preview-oregon-vs-portland-state/
http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/09/15/week-3-preview-oregon-vs-portland-state/#commentsThu, 16 Sep 2010 03:13:24 +0000Ryan Frankhttp://prosportsblogging.com/?p=17280Oregon will be back at Autzen Stadium this weekend hosting fellow in state competitor Portland State Vikings. The Ducks are coming off a big win on the road against the SEC’s Tennessee Volunteers where they won 48-13. This shouldn’t be much of a test for the Ducks, i would consider it more of a brush [...]]]>

Oregon will be back at Autzen Stadium this weekend hosting fellow in state competitor Portland State Vikings. The Ducks are coming off a big win on the road against the SEC’s Tennessee Volunteers where they won 48-13. This shouldn’t be much of a test for the Ducks, i would consider it more of a brush up game.

Originally Oregon wasn’t scheduled to host the Vikings, Central Michigan was on the schedule but ended up backing out and Portland State was one of the only teams that could fill in their spot.

Oregon’s offense has been one of the best in the country so far this season and i don’t see that changing this weekend. The Ducks are ranked 2nd overall in Points Scored so far this young season with an average of 60 points a game. Oregon is also averaging a whopping 583.6 yards per game.

Portland State is coming in after winning their week 2 match-up against UC Davis where they won 41-33 to give first year head coach Nigel Burton his first win as a Viking. PSU is still in a rebuilding state as a football program and i don’t think they will have what it takes to compete in this weeks match-up against the #5 ranked Ducks. The only thing they can hope to do is contain the high powered offense led by Darron Thomas and Lamichael James. Thomas will be reunited with old high school teammates CB Michael Williams and WR Keitrell Anderson who both play for Portland State, all 3 played at Aldine High School in Houston, Texas.

Although i don’t think this game will be close i still think there are a few keys to the game for the Ducks to concentrate on.

1. Don’t overlook the Vikings. They are young and aren’t a very big named team but those can be the teams that sneak up on you occasionally